Another Form of Relief

Wow, I was certain that these guys had broken up. The last album I heard from them was the one that the song below is taken from, and that was released more than three years ago. It seems they must have fallen off my radar completely at some point though as there’s apparently another album that I didn’t even know existed. I guess you really do learn something every day.

Goodnight Goodnight is a break-up song. There’s little more to it than that. No hidden meanings, no witty wordplay, nothing bubbling under the surface. It’s your usual girl breaks up with boy, boy gets bitter and throws out her shitty records kind of story. I don’t usually have time for bands putting out straight up, radio friendly rock songs, but Hot Hot Heat are the kind of band that thrive on them. Or they used to be. It could have all gone to hell with the last album for all I know.

I’ve been pretty slack in my blogging for the past few days, partly because I’ve been busy with a couple of other projects, and partly because of the damn heat. I don’t react well to heat at all, so when it’s 31 degrees in here even at 11pm, I get a little thrown. Something that really isn’t help by the fact I’ve obliged to be here for work, so escape isn’t much of an option. In celebration of this, I present to you a handful of loosely thrown together, heat related songs.

MP3 Dogs Die In Hot Cars – Lounger (expired)
MP3 Brainiac – Hot Seat, Can’t Sit Down (expired)
MP3 Hot Hot Heat – Goodnight, Goodnight (expired)

TheClerisy News

We’re finally getting TheClerisy.com up and running, and a bunch of our sites have now launched. There are a few more, including a personal blog for me and the forum to be put in place over the coming days, but check out what we’ve got so far.

Which brings me to the launch of TheClerisy’s very own television blog, Taking Civics Lessons from Hookers. This is a project of a good friend of mine, Rob, and he will be filling a niche in the blog world: namely an in depth and critical blog that focuses on television.

On a more personal note, I’ll be working with another good friend Dan on a pilot for a Channel 102 show. Best of all, we’re letting our readers decide exactly which pilot we should make, from three that have been written. So head on over to Planeteleven where you can read all three and register your vote. (I don’t want to sway your vote, but ‘Statutory’ is the way to go.)

Holy crap! A festival in Kent?

I may well be heading to my first festival in august. Anyone who knows Kent will know that it’s a cultural wasteland, so I was rather shocked to discover the Electric Gardens Festival, a brand new festival near Canterbury. The sunday lineup is all about the indie rock, and while it doesn’t have the worlds greatest selection, it has The Boy Least Likely To, Brakes, Duels, Battle and a bunch of others to keep me entertained.

That’s all for now. Normal service will hopefully resume tomorrow, assuming I haven’t melted away or something in the meantime.